When 2017 dawned, who could have guessed that The Elbow Room would close or that Tom Petty would play Indianapolis for the last time?

If you did, then kudos on your amazing prophecy skills. For the rest of us, though, the year brought some major shock value — some of it exciting and some terrible — to the Indy food, arts and music scene.

To gauge what readers thought, IndyStar asked them to vote in three informal polls, which closed Dec. 19.

Here are the results:

1. Which was the most surprising restaurant closing of 2017? (462 responses)

The Elbow Room (32 percent)

Pizzology (19 percent)

Boogie Burger (17 percent)

Bourbon Street (16 percent)

Recess (11 percent)

Casler's (5 percent)

2. What restaurant closing of 2017 did you totally expect? (395 responses)

Colts Grille (43 percent)

Barcelona Tapas (20 percent)

22nd Street Diner (15 percent)

The Owner's Wife (15 percent)

Cafe Caribe (7 percent)

3. What was the most heartbreaking restaurant closing of 2017? (385 responses)

The Elbow Room (26 percent)

Mama Irma (14 percent)

Boogie Burger (13 percent)

Ice House (13 percent)

Bourbon Street (13 percent)

Pizzology (12 percent)

Recess (9 percent)

4. What was the most shocking piece of restaurant news in 2017? (408 responses)

Indy's 26-plus big-name restaurant closings (44 percent)

Artie Stevens' death (17 percent)

Cerulean closing (13 percent)

LongBranch and 22nd Street Diner both close after a few months (12 percent)

Greg Hardesty leaving the restaurant industry (10 percent)

Plow & Anchor (5 percent)

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U2 performs songs off their 1987 album Joshua Tree, at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Sunday, September 10, 2017.(Photo: Robert Scheer/IndyStar)

5. What was the top music moment for Central Indiana in 2017? (97 responses)